Men's Cross Country

Ever improving men's cross country team 7th at USF

TAMPA, Fla. – Three Jacksonville University women cracked the school's top 15 all-time 6-k list and the Dolphins finished fourth in the University of South Florida Invitational here Friday.

The ever-improving JU men's team finished seventh in its division.

Freshman Nora McUmber led a trio of underclassmen and gave the Dolphins a glimpse of the future as she moved to sixth on the team's all-time list by finishing sixth overall in 22:08.30. She replaced Ali Ritter who ran a 22:10 in 2009.

Sophomore Kyla Siemens wound up 10th overall in 22:35.60 which is good for 11th all-time on the JU best list and freshman Caitlin Glynn was 20th in 23:01.20 putting her 15th all-time.

Katy Solis (23:21.30), Janine Zajac (23:24.20) and Tatyana Hodnett (24:34.60) rounded out the JU effort as the Dolphins finished fourth in the event with an average time of 22:54.12.

Florida Gulf Coast won the meet with South Florida second and Florida A&M third.

"The women's team has no margin for error if we are going to consider ourselves a good team,'' Head Coach Ron Grigg said. "Today we had a lot of error and our team result reflected it. Nora McUmber fought hard and Caitlin Glynn showed excellent poise. Janine and Tatyana tested their limits as 800-meter runners racing over the 6,000-meter distance.''

Junior Jeremy McDermet led three JU men's runners to sub-28 minute finishes in their 8-k run.